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| 10 | * ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'' series: |
| 11 | ** 7 years between ''Film/{{Alien}}'' (1979) and ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' (1986). |
| 12 | ** 6 years between ''Aliens'' and ''Film/Alien3'' (1992). |
| 13 | ** 5 years between ''Alien³'' and ''Film/AlienResurrection'' (1997). |
| 14 | ** 15 years between ''Resurrection'' and ''Film/{{Prometheus}}'' (2012). |
| 15 | ** 5 years between ''Prometheus'' and ''Film/AlienCovenant'' (2017). |
| 16 | ** 7 years between ''Covenant'' and ''Film/AlienRomulus'' (2024). |
| 17 | ** And if you count the ''Franchise/AlienVsPredator'' films in the series, ''Film/AlienVsPredator'' (2004) was 7 years after ''Resurrection''. |
| 18 | * ''Bad Boys'': |
| 19 | ** ''Film/{{Bad Boys|1995}}'' (1995) and ''Film/BadBoysII'' (2003) -- 8 years. |
| 20 | ** ''Bad Boys II'' and ''Film/BadBoysForLife'' (2020) -- 17 years. |
| 21 | * ''Before'' trilogy: |
| 22 | ** ''Film/BeforeSunrise'' (1995) and ''Before Sunset'' (2004) -- 9 years. |
| 23 | ** ''Before Sunset'' and ''Before Midnight'' (2013)-- 9 years. |
| 24 | * ''Film/TheBestMan'': |
| 25 | ** ''The Best Man'' (1999) and ''The Best Man Holiday'' (2013) -- 14 years. |
| 26 | ** ''The Best Man Holiday'' and ''The Best Man: The Final Chapters'' (2022) -- 9 years. |
| 27 | * ''Film/BeverlyHillsCop'' |
| 28 | ** ''Film/BeverlyHillsCopII'' (1987) and ''Film/BeverlyHillsCopIII'' (1994) -- 7 years. |
| 29 | ** ''Beverly Hills Cop III'' and ''Film/BeverlyHillsCopAxelF'' (2024) -- 30 years. |
| 30 | * ''Candyman'': |
| 31 | ** By production order, ''Film/CandymanDayOfTheDead'' (1999) and ''Film/{{Candyman|2021}}'' (2021) -- 22 years. |
| 32 | ** [[CanonDiscontinuity By continuity]], ''Film/{{Candyman}}'' (1992) and ''Candyman'' (2021) -- 29 years. |
| 33 | * ''Film/CatsAndDogs'': |
| 34 | ** ''Film/CatsAndDogs'' (2001) and ''Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore'' (2010) -- 9 years. |
| 35 | ** ''Cats & Dogs: The Revenge Of Kitty Galore'' (2010) and ''Cats & Dogs: Paws Unite'' (2020) -- 10 years. |
| 36 | * ''Film/ChildrenOfTheCorn'': |
| 37 | ** ''Film/{{Children of the Corn|1984}}'' (1984) and ''Film/ChildrenOfTheCornIITheFinalSacrifice'' (1993) -- 9 years. |
| 38 | ** ''Film/ChildrenOfTheCornRevelation'' (2001) and ''Film/ChildrenOfTheCornGenesis'' (2011) -- 10 years. |
| 39 | ** The Creator/{{Syfy}} remake ''Film/ChildrenOfTheCorn2009'' had its own sequel ''Children of the Corn: Runaway'' (2018) -- 9 years. |
| 40 | * ''Franchise/ChildsPlay'' franchise: |
| 41 | ** 7 years between ''Film/ChildsPlay3'' (1991) and ''Film/BrideOfChucky'' (1998). |
| 42 | ** 6 years between ''Bride of Chucky'' and ''Film/SeedOfChucky'' (2004). |
| 43 | ** 9 years between ''Seed of Chucky'' and ''Film/CurseOfChucky'' (2013). |
| 44 | * ''Film/AChristmasStory'': |
| 45 | ** ''Film/AChristmasStory'' (1983) and ''Film/ItRunsInTheFamily1994'' (AKA ''My Summer Story'', 1994) -- 11 years. |
| 46 | ** ''A Christmas Story'' (1983) and ''A Christmas Story 2'' (2012) -- 29 years (18 years after ''[[CanonDiscontinuity It Runs in the Family]]'') |
| 47 | ** ''A Christmas Story'' (1983) and ''Film/AChristmasStoryChristmas'' (2022) -- 39 years (10 years after ''[[CanonDiscontinuity A Christmas Story 2]]'') |
| 48 | * ''Film/TheCorpseGrinders'': |
| 49 | ** The 1971 exploitation film ''Film/TheCorpseGrinders'' got a sequel, ''The Corpse Grinders 2'', 29 years later, with original director Ted V. Mikels returning to helm it. |
| 50 | ** A third film, ''The Corpse Grinders 3'', came 12 years after that, with no involvement from Mikels. |
| 51 | * ''Death Wish'': |
| 52 | ** ''Film/DeathWish'' (1974) and ''Film/DeathWishII'' (1982) -- 8 years. |
| 53 | ** ''Film/DeathWish4TheCrackdown'' (1987) and ''Film/DeathWishVTheFaceOfDeath'' (1994) -- 7 years. |
| 54 | * ''Franchise/DieHard'': |
| 55 | ** ''Film/DieHardWithAVengeance'' (1995) and ''Film/LiveFreeOrDieHard'' (2007) -- 12 years. |
| 56 | ** ''Live Free or Die Hard'' (2007) and ''Film/AGoodDayToDieHard'' (2013) -- 6 years. |
| 57 | * ''Dracula'' by Franchise/UniversalHorror: |
| 58 | ** ''Film/{{Dracula|1931}}'' (1931) and ''Film/DraculasDaughter'' (1936) -- 5 years. |
| 59 | ** ''Dracula's Daughter'' (1936) and ''Film/SonOfDracula'' (1943) -- 7 years. |
| 60 | * ''Film/{{Dragonheart}}'': |
| 61 | ** ''Film/{{Dragonheart}}'' (1995) had a five-year gap before its sequel, ''Dragonheart 2: A New Beginning'' (2000). |
| 62 | ** There was a 15-year gap before the third film, ''Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse'' (2015). |
| 63 | * ''Dr. Mabuse'': |
| 64 | ** Creator/FritzLang's 1922 silent film ''Film/DrMabuseTheGambler'' received a sequel, ''Film/TheTestamentOfDrMabuse'', 11 years later in 1933, during which time technology had advanced enough that the second film is a talkie. |
| 65 | ** The third film, ''Film/Die1000AugenDesDrMabuse'', which was released 27 years later in 1960, was Lang's final film. |
| 66 | * ''Eastrail 177 Trilogy'': |
| 67 | ** ''Film/{{Unbreakable}}'' (2000) and ''Film/{{Split}}'' (2016) -- 16 years (as a StealthSequel) |
| 68 | ** ''Unbreakable'' and ''Film/{{Glass|2019}}'' (2019) -- 19 years (as a direct sequel). |
| 69 | * ''Franchise/EvilDead'': |
| 70 | ** ''Film/{{The Evil Dead|1981}}'' (1981) and ''Film/EvilDead2'' (1987) -- 6 years. |
| 71 | ** ''Evil Dead 2'' and ''Film/ArmyOfDarkness'' (1992) -- 5 years. |
| 72 | ** ''Army of Darkness'' and the follow-up TV series ''Series/AshVsEvilDead'' (2015) -- 23 years. Counting the remake ''Film/EvilDead2013'', which is actually a StealthSequel, it's 21 years. |
| 73 | ** ''Evil Dead'' (2013) and ''Film/EvilDeadRise'' (2023) -- 10 years. Counting the last episode of ''Ash vs. Evil Dead'' in 2018, it’s 5 years. |
| 74 | * ''Franchise/TheExorcist'': |
| 75 | ** ''Film/ExorcistIITheHeretic'' (1977) and ''Film/TheExorcistIII'' (1990) -- 13 years. |
| 76 | ** Given that ''The Exorcist III'' mostly ignores ''The Exorcist II'', the gap would be from ''Film/TheExorcist'' (1973) -- 17 years. |
| 77 | ** ''The Exorcist III'' (1990) and ''Film/ExorcistTheBeginning'' (2004) -- 14 years. |
| 78 | ** In addition, there is a 31 year prequel gap between ''The Exorcist'' (1973) and ''Exorcist: The Beginning'' (2004). The separate cut ''Film/DominionPrequelToTheExorcist'' (2005), meanwhile has a 32 year prequel gap from ''The Exorcist''. |
| 79 | ** The TV series ''Series/TheExorcist'', premiered in 2016, 11 years after ''Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist'' (2005), but serves as a direct sequel to ''The Exorcist'' (1973), a gap of 43 years. |
| 80 | ** ''Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist'' (2005) and ''Film/TheExorcistBeliever'' (2023) -- 18 years. |
| 81 | ** ''Film/TheExorcist'' (1973) also has a direct sequel gap to ''The Exorcist: Believer'' of 50 years. |
| 82 | ** ''The Exorcist: Believer'' also came 6 years after the end of ''The Exorcist'' TV series in 2017. |
| 83 | * '' Film/{{Gamera}}'': |
| 84 | ** ''Film/GameraVsZigra'' (1971) and ''Film/GameraSuperMonster'' (1980) -- 9 years. |
| 85 | ** ''Gamera: Super Monster'' and ''Film/GameraGuardianOfTheUniverse'' (1995) -- 15 years. |
| 86 | ** ''Film/Gamera3AwakeningOfIrys'' (1999) and ''Film/GameraTheBrave'' (2006) -- 7 years. |
| 87 | * ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}'': |
| 88 | ** ''Film/Ghostbusters1984'' and its sequel, ''Film/GhostbustersII'' (1989) -- 5 years. |
| 89 | ** There's a ''27-year gap'' between the second film and [[Film/Ghostbusters2016 the 2016 reboot]]. |
| 90 | ** If ''VideoGame/GhostbustersTheVideoGame'' (2009) is treated as being as good as a third movie, that leaves the gap between ''Ghostbusters II'' and a proper sequel at a nice even 20 years, and a much shorter (though still long enough to qualify for this trope) 7-year gap between the game and the reboot film. |
| 91 | ** ''Film/GhostbustersAfterlife'' (2021) again depends on what you count as most recent. The gap between it and the reboot is only long enough to count because it was pushed back a year, but from the 2009 game to it is 12 years, and from ''Ghostbusters II'' is 32. |
| 92 | * ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'': |
| 93 | ** 7 years between ''Film/GodzillaRaidsAgain'' (1955) and ''Film/KingKongVsGodzilla'' (1962). |
| 94 | ** 9 years between ''Film/TerrorOfMechagodzilla'' (1975) and ''Film/TheReturnOfGodzilla'' (1984). |
| 95 | ** 5 years between ''The Return of Godzilla'' and ''Film/GodzillaVsBiollante'' (1989). |
| 96 | ** 12 years between ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars'' (2004) and ''Film/ShinGodzilla'' (2016), though the American-made ''Film/Godzilla2014'' came out in the interim, which would still qualify, coming 10 years after ''Final Wars''. |
| 97 | ** 7 years between ''Shin Godzilla'' and ''Film/GodzillaMinusOne'' (2023) (although [[Anime/GodzillaPlanetOfTheMonsters three]] [[Anime/GodzillaCityOnTheEdgeOfBattle animated]] [[Anime/GodzillaThePlanetEater movies]] and [[Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019 two]] Franchise/MonsterVerse [[Film/GodzillaVsKong films]] came out in between). |
| 98 | ** In the American Franchise/MonsterVerse series, 5 years between ''Film/Godzilla2014'' and ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019''. |
| 99 | ** There is also a weird example that is exclusive to the American releases. The American release of the original ''Film/Godzilla1954'', ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters1956'', added insert shots with Creator/RaymondBurr as the character "Steve Martin" ([[Creator/SteveMartin not that one]]) as an American living in UsefulNotes/{{Japan}} who narrates and witnesses the events of the film. 29 years later, in the American release of ''Film/TheReturnOfGodzilla'', titled ''Godzilla 1985'', the filmmakers had Raymond Burr return as Steve Martin in the films American insert shots, directly referencing his experiences in ''King of the Monsters''. The film also mentions that Godzilla originally attacked Japan in 1956, the year of the American release of the first film. Overall, the release treated the film as if it was a direct sequel to the American re-cut of the original ''Godzilla'', [[CanonDiscontinuity ignoring the continuity of all the other films made in the thirty year gap]]. |
| 100 | * ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}'' series: |
| 101 | ** Production order: |
| 102 | *** ''Film/HalloweenIIISeasonOfTheWitch'' (1982) to ''Film/Halloween4TheReturnOfMichaelMyers'' (1988) -- 6 years. |
| 103 | *** ''Film/Halloween5TheRevengeOfMichaelMyers'' (1989) to ''Film/HalloweenTheCurseOfMichaelMyers'' (1995) -- 6 years. |
| 104 | *** ''Film/HalloweenResurrection'' (2002) to ''Film/{{Halloween|2007}}'' (2007) -- 5 years. |
| 105 | *** ''Film/{{Halloween II|2009}}'' (2009) to ''Film/{{Halloween|2018}}'' (2018) -- 9 years. |
| 106 | ** [[CanonDiscontinuity Continuity-wise]]: |
| 107 | *** ''Film/{{Halloween II|1981}}'' (1981) to ''Film/Halloween4TheReturnOfMichaelMyers'' (1988) -- 7 years |
| 108 | *** ''Film/{{Halloween II|1981}}'' (1981) to ''Film/HalloweenH20TwentyYearsLater'' (1998) -- 17 years |
| 109 | *** ''Film/{{Halloween|1978}}'' (1978) to ''Film/{{Halloween|2018}}'' (2018) -- 40 years |
| 110 | * The ''Franchise/HannibalLecter'' movies: |
| 111 | ** ''Film/{{Hannibal}}'' (2001) to ''Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs'' (1991) -- 10 years. |
| 112 | ** ''Film/RedDragon'' (2002), as the prequel to ''The Silence of the Lambs'' -- 11 years. |
| 113 | ** ''Film/HannibalRising'' (2007), a prequel to ''Red Dragon'' (2002) -- 5 years. |
| 114 | * ''Franchise/{{Hellraiser}}'': |
| 115 | ** ''Film/HellraiserHellworld'' (2005) and ''Film/HellraiserRevelations'' (2011) -- 6 years. |
| 116 | ** ''Hellraiser: Revelations'' and ''Film/HellraiserJudgement'' (2018) -- 7 years. |
| 117 | * ''Franchise/{{Highlander}}'': |
| 118 | ** ''Film/{{Highlander}}'' (1986) and ''Film/HighlanderIITheQuickening'' (1991) -- 5 years. |
| 119 | ** ''Highlander'' and ''Film/HighlanderIIITheSorcerer'' (1994), which [[CanonDiscontinuity ignores the second film]] -- 8 years. |
| 120 | ** ''Highlander III: The Sorcerer'' and ''Film/HighlanderEndgame'' (2000) -- 6 years. |
| 121 | ** ''Highlander: Endgame'' and ''Film/HighlanderTheSource'' (2007) -- 7 years. |
| 122 | * ''Film/HomeAlone'' series: |
| 123 | ** 5 years between ''Film/HomeAlone2LostInNewYork'' (1992) and ''Film/HomeAlone3'' (1997). |
| 124 | ** 10 years between ''Film/HomeAlone4TakingBackTheHouse'' (2002) and ''Film/HomeAloneTheHolidayHeist'' (2012). |
| 125 | ** 9 years between ''The Holiday Heist'' and ''Film/HomeSweetHomeAlone'' (2021). |
| 126 | * ''Franchise/IndianaJones'': |
| 127 | ** ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom'' (1984) and ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade'' (1989) -- 5 years. |
| 128 | *** ''Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade'' (1989) as a chronological sequel to ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'' (1981) -- 8 years. |
| 129 | ** ''Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade'' (1989) and ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull'' (2008) -- 19 years. |
| 130 | ** ''Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'' (2008) and ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheDialOfDestiny'' (2023) -- 15 years. |
| 131 | * ''The Invisible Man'': |
| 132 | ** ''Film/TheInvisibleMan1933'' and ''Film/TheInvisibleManReturns'' (1940) -- 7 years. |
| 133 | ** ''The Invisible Man's Revenge'' (1944) and ''Film/AbbottAndCostelloMeetTheInvisibleMan'' (1951) -- 7 years. |
| 134 | * ''Film/JamesBond'' series: |
| 135 | ** ''Film/LicenceToKill'' (1989) and ''Film/GoldenEye'' (1995) -- 6 years. |
| 136 | ** ''Film/{{Spectre}}'' (2015) to ''Film/NoTimeToDie'' (2021) -- 6 years. |
| 137 | * ''Film/JohnnyEnglish'': |
| 138 | ** ''Film/JohnnyEnglish'' (2003) and ''Film/JohnnyEnglishReborn'' (2011) -- 8 years. |
| 139 | ** ''Johnny English Reborn'' and ''Film/JohnnyEnglishStrikesAgain'' (2018) -- 7 years. |
| 140 | * ''Film/TheKarateKid'': |
| 141 | ** ''Film/TheKarateKidPartIII'' (1989) and ''Film/TheNextKarateKid'' (1994) -- 5 years. |
| 142 | ** ''The Next Karate Kid'' and ''Film/TheKarateKid2010'' -- 16 years, even though it's a ContinuityReboot. |
| 143 | ** ''The Next Karate Kid'' and the TV series ''Series/CobraKai'' (2018) -- 24 years. |
| 144 | * The Creator/GeorgeARomero ''Film/LivingDeadSeries'': |
| 145 | ** ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968'' and ''Film/DawnOfTheDead1978'' -- 10 years. |
| 146 | ** ''Dawn of the Dead'' and ''Film/DayOfTheDead1985'' -- 7 years. |
| 147 | ** ''Day of the Dead'' and ''Film/LandOfTheDead'' (2005) -- 20 years. |
| 148 | * ''Film/TheLoveBug'': |
| 149 | ** ''Film/TheLoveBug'' (1969) and ''Herbie Rides Again'' (1974) -- 5 years. |
| 150 | ** ''Herbie Goes Bananas'' (1980) and ''Film/HerbieFullyLoaded'' (2005) -- 25 years. This doesn't count the 1982 miniseries nor the 1997 TV movie sequel[=/=]reboot. |
| 151 | ** If you do count the 1997 TV film, it came out 17 years after ''Herbie Goes Bananas'', 15 years after the miniseries and 8 years before ''Fully Loaded''. |
| 152 | * ''Film/MadMax'': |
| 153 | ** ''Film/MadMaxBeyondThunderdome'' (1985) and ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad'' (2015) -- 30 years. What's even more amazing is that it had the [[Creator/GeorgeMiller same director]] for every single one. |
| 154 | ** ''Mad Max: Fury Road'' (2015) and the prequel ''Film/FuriosaAMadMaxSaga'' (2024) -- 9 years. |
| 155 | * Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse: |
| 156 | ** ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' (2016) and ''Film/CaptainAmericaBraveNewWorld'' (2024) -- 8 years. |
| 157 | *** In terms of in-universe chronology, ''Film/{{Black Widow|2021}}'' (2021) picks up directly after ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' (2016) -- 5 years. |
| 158 | ** ''Film/{{Doctor Strange|2016}}'' (2016) and ''Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness'' (2022) -- 6 years. |
| 159 | ** ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'' (2017) and ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol3'' (2023) -- 6 years. |
| 160 | * ''Meatballs'': |
| 161 | ** ''Film/{{Meatballs}}'' (1979) and ''Meatballs II'' (1984) -- 5 years. |
| 162 | ** ''Meatballs III: Summer Job'' (1986) and ''Meatballs 4: To The Rescue'' (1992) -- 6 years. |
| 163 | * ''Film/MenInBlack'': |
| 164 | ** ''Film/MenInBlack'' (1997) and ''Film/MenInBlackII'' (2002) -- 5 years. |
| 165 | ** ''Men in Black II'' and ''Film/MenInBlack3'' (2012) -- 10 years. |
| 166 | ** ''Men in Black 3'' and ''Film/MenInBlackInternational'' (2019) -- 7 years. |
| 167 | * ''Film/MissionImpossibleFilmSeries'': |
| 168 | ** ''Film/MissionImpossibleII'' (2000) and ''Film/MissionImpossibleIII'' (2006) -- 6 years. |
| 169 | ** ''Mission: Impossible III'' (2006) and ''Film/MissionImpossibleGhostProtocol'' (2011) -- 5 years. |
| 170 | ** ''Film/MissionImpossibleFallout'' (2018) and ''Film/MissionImpossibleDeadReckoning'' (2023) -- 5 years. |
| 171 | * ''Franchise/TheMummy'': |
| 172 | ** In the ''Franchise/UniversalHorror'' series: |
| 173 | *** ''Film/TheMummy1932'' and ''Film/TheMummysHand'' (1940) -- 8 years. |
| 174 | *** ''Film/TheMummysCurse'' (1944) and ''Film/AbbottAndCostelloMeetTheMummy'' (1955) -- 11 years. |
| 175 | ** In the ''Film/HammerHorror'' series: |
| 176 | *** ''Film/TheMummy1959'' and ''Film/TheCurseOfTheMummysTomb'' (1964) -- 5 years. |
| 177 | ** In ''Film/TheMummyTrilogy'': |
| 178 | *** ''Film/TheMummyReturns'' (2001) and ''Film/TheMummyTombOfTheDragonEmperor'' (2008) -- 7 years. The spinoff ''Film/TheScorpionKing'' (2002) was released in the interim, which itself has a sequel gap of six years until its own sequel ''The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior'' (also 2008). The [[Film/TheMummy2017 2017]] Film/DarkUniverse reboot would come 9 years later. |
| 179 | * ''Film/MyBigFatGreekWedding'': |
| 180 | ** ''My Big Fat Greek Wedding'' (2002) and ''My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2'' (2016) -- 14 years. |
| 181 | ** ''My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2'' (2016) and ''My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3'' (2023) -- 7 years. |
| 182 | * ''Film/NationalLampoonsVacation'': |
| 183 | ** ''Film/NationalLampoonsChristmasVacation'' (1989) to ''Film/VegasVacation'' (1997) -- 8 years. |
| 184 | ** ''Christmas Vacation'' to the MadeForTV SpinOff ''National Lampoons Christmas Vacation 2: Eddie's Island Adventure'' (2003) -- 14 years. |
| 185 | ** ''Vegas Vacation'' to ''Film/{{Vacation}}'' (2015) -- 18 years. |
| 186 | * ''Film/TheOmen'': |
| 187 | ** ''Film/OmenIIITheFinalConflict'' (1981) and ''Film/OmenIVTheAwakening'' (1991) -- 10 years. |
| 188 | ** ''Omen IV: The Awakening'' (1991) to {{the remake}} ''Film/{{The Omen|2006}}'' (2006) -- 15 years. |
| 189 | ** ''The Omen'' (2006) to ''Film/TheFirstOmen'' (2024) -- 18 years. |
| 190 | ** ''The First Omen'' (2024) also has a 48 year prequel gap from ''Film/{{The Omen|1976}}'' (1976). |
| 191 | * ''Franchise/ThePinkPanther'': |
| 192 | ** ''Film/InspectorClouseau'' (1968) and ''Film/TheReturnOfThePinkPanther'' (1975) -- 7 years. However, considering ''Inspector Clouseau'' is treated as CanonDiscontinuity, the gap would instead be between ''Film/AShotInTheDark'' (1964) and ''Film/TheReturnOfThePinkPanther'' (1975) -- 11 years. |
| 193 | ** ''Film/CurseOfThePinkPanther'' (1983) and ''Film/SonOfThePinkPanther'' (1993) -- 10 years. ''Son of the Pink Panther'' would be the last original series movie, though a remake, ''Film/ThePinkPanther2006'', would come 13 years later. |
| 194 | * ''Franchise/{{Predator}}'': |
| 195 | ** There's a fourteen-year gap between ''Film/Predator2'' (1990) and ''Film/AlienVsPredator'' (2004). |
| 196 | ** Or, not counting the ''Franchise/AlienVsPredator'' films as [[CanonDiscontinuity legitimate]], there's a 20-year gap between ''Predator 2'' (1990) and ''Film/{{Predators}}'' (2010). |
| 197 | ** Following that, there was an 8-year gap between ''Predators'' (2010) and ''Film/ThePredator'' (2018). |
| 198 | * ''Franchise/{{Rambo}}'': |
| 199 | ** ''Film/RamboIII'' (1988) and ''Film/RamboIV'' (2008) -- 20 years. |
| 200 | ** Followed by ''Film/RamboLastBlood'' (2019) -- 11 years. |
| 201 | * '' Film/ReturnOfTheLivingDead'': |
| 202 | ** ''Film/ReturnOfTheLivingDeadPartII'' (1988) and ''Film/ReturnOfTheLivingDead3'' (1993) -- 5 years. |
| 203 | ** ''Return of the Living Dead 3'' and ''Film/ReturnOfTheLivingDeadNecropolis'' (2005) -- 12 years. |
| 204 | * ''Franchise/{{Rocky}}'': |
| 205 | ** ''Film/RockyV'' (1990) and ''Film/RockyBalboa'' (2006) -- 16 years. |
| 206 | ** And following ''Rocky Balboa'' came the SpinOff ''Film/{{Creed|2015}}'' (2015) -- 9 years. |
| 207 | * ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'': |
| 208 | ** ''Film/Saw3D'' (2010) and ''Film/{{Jigsaw}}'' (2017) -- 7 years. |
| 209 | ** Regarding ''Film/SawX'' (2023) as a sequel to ''Film/SawI'' (2004) and a prequel to ''Film/SawII'' (2005) -- 19 and 18 years, respectively. |
| 210 | *** ''Saw X'' (2023) as a return to the storyline of the first seven films ended by ''Saw 3D'' (2010) -- 13 years. |
| 211 | * ''Film/{{Scream}}'': |
| 212 | ** ''Film/Scream3'' (2000) and ''Film/Scream4'' (2011) -- 11 years. |
| 213 | ** ''Film/Scream4'' (2011) and ''Film/{{Scream|2022}}'' (2022) -- 11 years. |
| 214 | * ''Shaft'': |
| 215 | ** ''Film/ShaftInAfrica'' (1973) and the canonical soft-reboot sequel ''Film/Shaft2000'' -- 27 years. |
| 216 | ** And the sequel to that one, also titled...''Film/Shaft2019'' -- 19 years. |
| 217 | * ''Franchise/StarTrek'': |
| 218 | ** ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' (ended in 1969) and ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture'' (1979) -- 10 years. Although ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeries'' (1973-1974) was produced in-between, which still counts given that there were 5 years between the end of ''The Animated Series'' and ''The Motion Picture''. |
| 219 | ** The original broadcast of the original series episode "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E22SpaceSeed Space Seed]]" (1967) and ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan'' (1982) -- 15 years. And while not a true sequel (more like a remake), ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'' (2013) was 31 years after ''that''. |
| 220 | ** In a similar vein to the "Space Seed-Wrath of Khan" example, ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact'' (1996) picks up plot threads from the ''[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Next Generation]]'' two-parter "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E26S4E1TheBestOfBothWorlds The Best of Both Worlds]]" (1990) -- 6 years. |
| 221 | ** ''Film/StarTrekNemesis'' (2002) and ''Film/{{Star Trek|2009}}'' (2009) -- 7 years. |
| 222 | * ''Franchise/StarWars'': |
| 223 | ** ''Film/ANewHope'' (1977) and ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' (2005) -- 28-year prequel gap. |
| 224 | *** ''A New Hope'' (1977) and ''Film/RogueOne'' (2016) -- 39-year prequel gap. |
| 225 | *** ''A New Hope'' (1977) and ''Film/{{Solo}}'' (2018) -- 41-year prequel gap. |
| 226 | ** ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' (1983) and ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' (1999) -- 16-year prequel gap. |
| 227 | *** ''Return of the Jedi'' (1983) and its sequel ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' (2015) -- 32 years. |
| 228 | ** ''Revenge of the Sith'' (2005) and ''The Force Awakens'' (2015) -- 10 years. |
| 229 | *** ''Revenge of the Sith'' (2005) and ''Rogue One'' (2016) -- 11-year sequel gap. |
| 230 | *** ''Revenge of the Sith'' (2005) and ''Solo'' (2018) -- 13-year sequel gap. |
| 231 | ** And if one is willing to count animated films; ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' (2008) and ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' (2015) -- 7 years. |
| 232 | *** In terms of in-universe chronology, ''The Clone Wars'' takes place between ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' (2002) and ''Revenge of the Sith'', giving it a 6 year gap from the former. |
| 233 | * ''Film/SupermanFilmSeries'': |
| 234 | ** ''Film/SupermanReturns'' (2006), released nineteen years after ''Film/SupermanIVTheQuestForPeace'' (1987) -- and chronologically following ''Film/SupermanII'' (1980), released 26 years before. |
| 235 | ** ''Superman Returns'' (2006) and the [[ContinuityReboot reboot]] ''Film/ManOfSteel'' (2013) -- 7 years. |
| 236 | * ''Film/StarshipTroopers'': |
| 237 | ** ''Film/StarshipTroopers'' (1997) was followed by a line of DirectToVideo sequels starting with ''Film/StarshipTroopers2HeroOfTheFederation'' in 2004 -- 7 years. |
| 238 | ** ''WesternAnimation/StarshipTroopersInvasion'' (2012) and ''WesternAnimation/StarshipTroopersTraitorOfMars'' (2017) -- 5 years. |
| 239 | * ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' series: |
| 240 | ** ''Film/TheTerminator'' (1984) to ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'' (1991) -- 7 years. |
| 241 | ** ''Judgment Day'' to ''Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines'' (2003) -- 12 years. |
| 242 | ** ''Rise of the Machines'' to ''Film/TerminatorSalvation'' (2009) -- 6 years. |
| 243 | ** ''Salvation'' to ''Film/TerminatorGenisys'' (2015) -- 6 years. |
| 244 | ** ''Judgment Day'' (1991) and ''Genisys'' (2015) -- 24 years.[[note]]Technically a reboot, but marketed as the "true" third film of the franchise[[/note]] |
| 245 | ** ''Judgment Day'' (1991) and ''Film/TerminatorDarkFate'' (2019) -- 28 years.[[note]]As was the case with ''Genisys'', the film was marketed as the "true" third film of the franchise[[/note]] |
| 246 | * ''Franchise/TheTexasChainsawMassacre'': |
| 247 | ** Production order: |
| 248 | *** ''Film/{{The Texas Chain Saw Massacre|1974}}'' (1974) and ''Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre2'' (1986) -- 12 years. |
| 249 | *** ''Film/LeatherfaceTheTexasChainsawMassacreIII'' (1990) and ''Film/TexasChainsawMassacreTheNextGeneration'' (1995/1997) -- 5-7 years; the latter film was screened and shelved in 1995 before getting a full release in 1997 to capitalize on stars Creator/MatthewMcConaughey and Creator/ReneeZellweger's increased profiles. |
| 250 | *** ''Film/TexasChainsawMassacreTheNextGeneration'' (1995/1997) and ''Film/{{The Texas Chainsaw Massacre|2003}}'' (2003) -- 6-8 years. |
| 251 | *** ''Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacreTheBeginning'' (2006) and ''Film/TexasChainsaw3D'' (2013) -- a little over 6 years. |
| 252 | ** [[CanonDiscontinuity Continuity-wise]]: |
| 253 | *** ''Film/{{The Texas Chain Saw Massacre|1974}}'' (1974) and ''Film/TexasChainsaw3D'' (2013) -- 39 years (applies CanonDiscontinuity to original 3 sequels and {{UnReboot}}s ''Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre2003'' and ''Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacreTheBeginning''). |
| 254 | *** ''Film/{{The Texas Chain Saw Massacre|1974}}'' (1974) and ''Film/{{Texas Chainsaw Massacre|2022}}'' (2022) -- 48 years (applies CanonDiscontinuity to ''Texas Chainsaw 3D'' and ''Film/{{Leatherface}}''). |
| 255 | * ''Film/{{Tremors}}'': |
| 256 | ** ''Film/Tremors1'' (1990) and ''Film/Tremors2Aftershocks'' (1996) -- 6 years. |
| 257 | ** ''Tremors 2: Aftershocks'' and ''Film/Tremors3BackToPerfection'' (2001) -- 5 years. |
| 258 | ** ''Film/Tremors4TheLegendBegins'' (2004) and ''Film/Tremors5Bloodlines'' (2015) -- 11 years. |
| 259 | * Viewaskewniverse: |
| 260 | ** ''Film/{{Clerks}}'' (1994) and ''Film/ClerksII'' (2006) -- 12 years. |
| 261 | ** ''Film/ClerksII'' (2006) and ''Film/ClerksIII'' (2022) -- 15 years. |
| 262 | ** ''Film/JayAndSilentBobStrikeBack'' (2001) and ''Film/JayAndSilentBobReboot'' (2019) -- 18 years. |
| 263 | * ''The Wizard of Oz'': |
| 264 | ** ''Film/ReturnToOz'' (1985) was made 46 years after ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' (1939). The stylistic differences are great enough that by some standards it's more of a [[ThematicSeries thematic sequel]] than a direct one. |
| 265 | ** Subsequently, another 28 years elapsed until the prequel, ''Film/OzTheGreatAndPowerful'' (2013) came out. |
| 266 | [[/folder]] |
| 267 | |
| 268 | [[folder:Other examples]] |
| 269 | [[AC:5 years:]] |
| 270 | * ''Film/{{Aquaman|2018}}'' (2018) and ''Film/AquamanAndTheLostKingdom'' (2023) |
| 271 | * ''[[Film/DiaryOfAWimpyKid Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days]]'' (2012) and ''Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul'' (2017) -- Surprisingly, the first three films were released back to back, i.e. the first movie releasing in 2010 with ''Rodrick Rules'' releasing in 2011 and the aforementioned ''Dog Days'' in 2012. |
| 272 | * The 1993 [[TheFilmOfTheSeries film version]] of ''Film/TheFugitive'' was followed up with a SpinOff sequel, ''Film/USMarshals'', focusing on Sam Gerard reprised by Creator/TommyLeeJones. |
| 273 | * ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallowsPart2'' (2011) and ''Film/FantasticBeastsAndWhereToFindThem'' (2016) -- While the latter is a DistantPrequel, it does feature a handful of characters from the ''Film/HarryPotter'' films (albeit played by {{Timeshifted Actor}}s). |
| 274 | * ''Film/InsidiousTheLastKey'' (2018) and ''Film/InsidiousTheRedDoor'' (2023) |
| 275 | * ''Film/Jaws2'' (1978) and ''Film/Jaws3D'' (1983) |
| 276 | * ''Film/{{Joker|2019}}'' (2019) and ''Film/JokerFolieADeux'' (2024) |
| 277 | * ''Film/KnockedUp'' (2007) and the "sort-of sequel", ''Film/ThisIs40'' (2012) |
| 278 | * ''Film/MissCongeniality'' (2000) and ''Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous'' (2005) |
| 279 | * ''Film/NightAtTheMuseum: Battle of the Smithsonian'' (2009) and ''Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb'' (2014) |
| 280 | * ''Film/TheNun'' (2018) and ''Film/TheNunII'' (2023) |
| 281 | * ''Film/PacificRim'' (2013) and ''Film/PacificRimUprising'' (2018) |
| 282 | * ''Film/PoliceAcademy 6: City Under Siege'' (1989) and ''Police Academy: Mission to Moscow'' (1994) |
| 283 | * ''Film/UrbanLegendsFinalCut'' (2000) and ''Film/UrbanLegendsBloodyMary'' (2005) |
| 284 | * ''Film/WarriorsOfVirtue'' (1997) and ''Warriors of Virtue: The Return to Tao'' (2002) |
| 285 | |
| 286 | [[AC:6 years:]] |
| 287 | * ''Film/AliceInWonderland2010'' and ''Film/AliceThroughTheLookingGlass'' (2016) |
| 288 | * ''Film/AmericanGraffiti'' (1973) and ''Film/MoreAmericanGraffiti'' (1979) |
| 289 | * ''Film/Amityville3D'' (1983) and ''Film/AmityvilleTheEvilEscapes'' (1989) |
| 290 | * ''Film/BlackMask'' (1996) and its sequel, ''Black Mask 2: City of Masks'' (2002) |
| 291 | * ''Film/Deadpool2'' (2018) and ''Film/DeadpoolAndWolverine'' (2024) |
| 292 | * ''Film/TheBridesOfDracula'' (1960) and ''Film/DraculaPrinceOfDarkness'' (1966). Given that ''Prince of Darkness'' mostly ignores ''The Brides of Dracula'', the gap would be starting from ''Film/HorrorOfDracula'' (1958), so 8 years. |
| 293 | * ''Film/ReturnOfTheFly'' (1959) and ''Film/CurseOfTheFly'' (1965) |
| 294 | * ''Film/TheRevengeOfFrankenstein'' (1958) and ''Film/TheEvilOfFrankenstein'' (1964) |
| 295 | * ''Film/GeorgeOfTheJungle'' (1997) and ''George of the Jungle 2'' (2003) |
| 296 | * ''Film/{{Gremlins|1984}}'' (1984) and '' Film/Gremlins2TheNewBatch'' (1990) |
| 297 | * ''Film/HollowMan'' (2000) and its DirectToVideo sequel ''Hollow Man 2'' (2006) |
| 298 | * ''Film/LethalWeapon3'' (1992) and ''Film/LethalWeapon4'' (1998) |
| 299 | * ''Film/MeetTheFockers'' (2004) and ''Little Fockers'' (2010) |
| 300 | * ''Film/{{The NeverEnding Story|1984}}'' (1984) and ''Film/TheNeverendingStoryIITheNextChapter'' (1990) |
| 301 | * ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanOnStrangerTides'' (2011) and ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMenTellNoTales'' (2017) |
| 302 | * ''Film/RushHour2'' (2001) and ''Film/RushHour3'' (2007) |
| 303 | * ''Film/SaturdayNightFever'' (1977) and ''Staying Alive'' (1983) |
| 304 | * ''Film/SilentHill'' (2006) and ''Film/SilentHillRevelation3D'' (2012) |
| 305 | |
| 306 | [[AC:7 years:]] |
| 307 | * ''Literature/AngelsAndDemons'' (2009) and ''Literature/{{Inferno|2013}}'' (2016) |
| 308 | * ''Film/{{Arthur|1981}}'' (1981) and ''Arthur 2: On the Rocks'' (1988) |
| 309 | * ''Film/{{The Hills Have Eyes|1977}} (1977) and ''Film/TheHillsHaveEyesPartII'' (1984) |
| 310 | * ''Film/MeanGirls'' (2004) and ''Film/MeanGirls2''' (2011) |
| 311 | * ''Film/TheEnforcer'' (1976) and ''Film/SuddenImpact'' (1983) |
| 312 | * ''Film/Paddington2'' (2017) and ''PaddingtonInPeru'' (2024) |
| 313 | * ''Saturday the 14th'' (1981) and ''Saturday the 14th Strikes Back'' (1988) |
| 314 | * ''Film/ScaryMovie 4'' (2006) and ''Scary Movie 5'' (2013) |
| 315 | * The ''Series/TalesFromTheCrypt'' film ''Ritual'' was released in 2003, after 1996's ''Film/BordelloOfBlood''. |
| 316 | * ''Film/WarForThePlanetOfTheApes'' (2017) and ''Film/KingdomOfThePlanetOfTheApes'' (2024) |
| 317 | |
| 318 | [[AC:8 years:]] |
| 319 | * ''Film/BasketCase'' (1982) and ''Basket Case 2'' (1990) |
| 320 | * ''Film/FortyEightHrs'' (1982) and ''Another 48 Hrs.'' (1990) |
| 321 | * ''Film/DonnieDarko'' (2001) and ''Film/SDarko'' (2009) |
| 322 | * ''Film/TheHungerGamesMockingjayPart2'' (2015) and ''Film/TheHungerGamesTheBalladOfSongbirdsAndSnakes'' (2023) |
| 323 | * ''Film/IStillKnowWhatYouDidLastSummer'' (1998) and ''Film/IllAlwaysKnowWhatYouDidLastSummer'' (2006) |
| 324 | * ''Film/MagicMikeXXL'' (2015) and ''Film/MagicMikesLastDance'' (2023) |
| 325 | * ''Mythica: The Godslayer'' (2016) and ''Mythica: Stormbound'' (2024). |
| 326 | * ''Film/RosemarysBaby'' (1968) had a MadeForTV sequel ''Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby'' (1976) |
| 327 | * ''Film/TheSantaClause1'' (1994) and ''Film/TheSantaClause2'' (2002). The SequelInAnotherMedium ''Series/TheSantaClauses'' (2022) meanwhile comes 16 years after ''Film/TheSantaClause3TheEscapeClause'' (2006). |
| 328 | * ''Film/SeeNoEvil'' (2006) and ''Film/SeeNoEvil2'' (2014) |
| 329 | * ''Film/SpyKids3DGameOver'' (2003) and ''Film/SpyKidsAllTheTimeInTheWorld'' (2011), by which time FleetingDemographic had set in. The franchise was [[FleetingDemographicRule more-or-less remarketed as though new]]. |
| 330 | |
| 331 | [[AC:9 years:]] |
| 332 | * ''Film/{{The Accountant|2016}}'' and ''The Accountant'' sequel (2025) |
| 333 | * ''Film/AmericanWedding'' (2003) and ''Film/AmericanReunion'' (2012) |
| 334 | * ''Film/AnchormanTheLegendOfRonBurgundy'' (2004) and ''Film/Anchorman2TheLegendContinues'' (2013) |
| 335 | * ''Film/TheBeastmaster'' (1982) and ''Beastmaster 2: Through The Portal of Time'' (1991) |
| 336 | * ''Film/TheChroniclesOfRiddick'' (2004) and ''Film/{{Riddick}}'' (2013) |
| 337 | * ''Film/{{Elizabeth}}'' (1998) and ''Elizabeth: The Golden Age'' (2007) |
| 338 | * ''Film/TheExpendables3'' (2014) and ''Film/{{Expend4bles}}'' (2023) |
| 339 | * ''Film/TheHobbitAnUnexpectedJourney'' (2012) after ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheReturnOfTheKing'' (2003) |
| 340 | * ''Film/LeftBehind2014'' (2014) and ''Left Behind: Rise Of The Antichrist'' (2023) |
| 341 | * ''Film/NosferatuTheVampyre'' (1979) and ''Nosferatu in Venice'' (1988) |
| 342 | * ''Film/SinCity'' (2005) and ''Sin City: A Dame to Kill For'' (2014) |
| 343 | * ''Film/{{Timecop}}'' (1994) and ''Film/Timecop2TheBerlinDecision'' (2003) |
| 344 | * ''Film/Zombi2'' (1979) and ''Film/Zombi3D'' (1988) |
| 345 | |
| 346 | [[AC:10 years:]] |
| 347 | * ''Film/{{Bean}}'' (1997) and ''Film/MrBeansHoliday'' (2007) |
| 348 | * ''Film/FreddyVsJason'' (2003) is a direct sequel to ''Film/JasonGoesToHellTheFinalFriday'' (1993) and was supposed to come out not long after, but it wasn't made until a decade later due to TroubledProduction. It was preceded in the ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' films by ''Film/JasonX'' (2002), which came out 9 years after ''Jason Goes to Hell.'' The last ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet'' film before ''Freddy Vs. Jason'' was ''Film/WesCravensNewNightmare'' (1994), a gap of nine years. As ''New Nightmare'' took place in an alternate continuity from the main series, ''Freddy Vs. Jason'' was preceded by ''Film/FreddysDeadTheFinalNightmare'' (1991), a gap of 12 years. The next installments in both series would be remakes, with ''Film/FridayThe13th2009'' coming out 6 years later and ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet2010'' coming out 7 years later. |
| 349 | * ''Film/{{King Kong|1976}}'' (1976) and ''Film/KingKongLives'' (1986) |
| 350 | * ''Film/MammaMia'' (2008) and ''Film/MammaMiaHereWeGoAgain'' (2018) |
| 351 | * ''Film/{{Scanners}}'' (1981) and ''Film/ScannersIITheNewOrder'' (1991) |
| 352 | * ''Film/TheSting'' (1973) and ''The Sting II'' (1983) |
| 353 | * ''Film/TheStrangers'' (2008) and ''Film/TheStrangersPreyAtNight'' (2018) |
| 354 | * ''Film/{{Zombieland}}'' (2009) and ''Film/ZombielandDoubleTap'' (2019) |
| 355 | |
| 356 | [[AC:11 years:]] |
| 357 | * ''Film/TheMask'' (1994) and ''Film/SonOfTheMask'' (2005) |
| 358 | * ''Film/FinalDestination1'' (2000) and ''Film/FinalDestination5'' (2011) [[spoiler: being a prequel and all.]] |
| 359 | * ''Film/OceansThirteen'' (2007) and ''Film/OceansEight'' (2018) |
| 360 | |
| 361 | [[AC:12 years:]] |
| 362 | * ''[[Literature/BridgetJones Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason]]'' (2004) and ''Bridget Jones' Baby'' (2016) |
| 363 | * ''Series/{{Kaamelott}}'' (the series) ended in 2009, and ''Film/KaamelottPremierVolet'' (TheMovie) came out in 2021. |
| 364 | * ''Film/MuppetsFromSpace'' (1999) and ''Film/{{The Muppets|2011}}'' (2011) |
| 365 | * ''Film/TheRingTwo'' (2005) and ''Film/{{Rings}}'' (2017) |
| 366 | * ''Film/TheSandlot'' (1993) and ''The Sandlot 2'' (2005) |
| 367 | * ''Film/XXxStateOfTheUnion'' (2005) and ''Film/XXXReturnOfXanderCage'' (2017) |
| 368 | |
| 369 | [[AC:13 years:]] |
| 370 | * ''Film/{{Avatar}}'' (2009) and ''Film/AvatarTheWayOfWater'' (2022) |
| 371 | * ''Film/BadSanta'' (2003) and ''Bad Santa 2'' (2016) |
| 372 | * ''Film/TheBenchwarmers'' (2006) and ''Benchwarmers 2: Breaking Balls'' (2009) |
| 373 | * ''Film/BrideOfReAnimator'' (1990) and ''Film/BeyondReAnimator'' (2003) |
| 374 | * ''Film/CrocodileDundee II'' (1988) to ''Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles'' (2001) |
| 375 | * ''Largo Winch 2'' (2011) and ''Largo Winch 3'' (2024) |
| 376 | |
| 377 | [[AC:14 years:]] |
| 378 | * ''Film/BasicInstinct'' (1992) and ''Film/BasicInstinct2'' (2006) |
| 379 | * ''Film/TheBlob1958'' and ''Film/BewareTheBlob'' (1972) |
| 380 | * ''Film/{{Borat}}'' (2006) and ''Film/BoratSubsequentMoviefilm'' (2020) |
| 381 | * ''Film/TheDevilsRejects'' (2005) and ''Film/ThreeFromHell'' (2019) |
| 382 | * ''Film/JeepersCreepers2'' (2003) and ''Jeepers Creepers 3'' (2017) |
| 383 | * ''Film/JurassicParkIII'' (2001) and ''Film/JurassicWorld'' (2015) |
| 384 | * ''Film/TheManySaintsOfNewark'' (2021), a prequel to ''Series/TheSopranos'' (1999–2007), came out 14 years after the series ended. |
| 385 | |
| 386 | [[AC:15 years:]] |
| 387 | * ''Film/{{Enchanted}}'' (2007) and ''Film/{{Disenchanted|2022}}'' (2022) |
| 388 | * ''Film/EscapeFromNewYork'' (1981) and ''Film/EscapeFromLA'' (1996) |
| 389 | * ''Film/TheThreeMusketeers1973'' & ''The Four Musketeers'' (1974) and ''The Return of the Musketeers'' (1989). Not unreasonable considering the latter is an adaptation of the book ''[[Literature/TheThreeMusketeers Twenty Years After]]''. |
| 390 | * ''{{Film/Zoolander}}'' (2001) and ''Film/{{Zoolander 2}}'' (2016) |
| 391 | * ''Film/TheAdventuresOfSharkboyAndLavagirl'' (2005) and ''Film/{{We Can Be Heroes|2020}}'' (2020) |
| 392 | |
| 393 | [[AC:16 years:]] |
| 394 | * ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'' (1968) and ''Film/TwoThousandTenTheYearWeMakeContact'' (1984) |
| 395 | * ''Film/AnAmericanWerewolfInLondon'' (1981) and ''Film/AnAmericanWerewolfInParis'' (1997) |
| 396 | * ''Film/CharliesAngelsFullThrottle'' (2003) and ''Film/CharliesAngels2019'' |
| 397 | * ''Film/{{Chinatown}}'' (1974) and ''Film/TheTwoJakes'' (1990) |
| 398 | * ''Film/CrouchingTigerHiddenDragon'' (2000) and ''Film/CrouchingTigerHiddenDragonSwordOfDestiny'' (2016) |
| 399 | * ''Film/DrunkenMaster'' (1978) and its sequel, ''Drunken master 2'' (1994) |
| 400 | * ''Film/TheGodfatherPartII'' (1974) and ''Film/TheGodfatherPartIII'' (1990) |
| 401 | * ''Film/{{Patton}}'' (1970) had a TV sequel ''The Last Days of Patton'' (1986) |
| 402 | |
| 403 | [[AC:17 years:]] |
| 404 | * ''Film/DirtyDancing'' received an InNameOnly prequel, ''Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights''. Creator/PatrickSwayze had a cameo, though as a different character than the first film. A direct sequel that will star Creator/JenniferGrey was [[https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/07/entertainment/dirty-dancing-sequel-trnd/index.html announced in 2020]]. |
| 405 | |
| 406 | [[AC:18 years:]] |
| 407 | * ''Film/TheBluesBrothers'' (1980) and ''Film/BluesBrothers2000'' (1998) |
| 408 | * ''Film/LifeSize'' (2000) and ''Life Size 2'' (2018) |
| 409 | * ''Film/TheMatrixRevolutions'' (2003) and ''Film/TheMatrixResurrections'' (2021). If you're going from ''VideoGame/TheMatrixOnline'' MMORPG (2005–2009), ''Resurrections'' would be 12 years after it went offline. |
| 410 | * ''Film/PhantasmIVOblivion'' (1998) and ''Phantasm V: Ravager'' (2016) |
| 411 | * ''[[Film/LesVisiteurs The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time]]'' (1998) and ''The Visitors: Bastille Day'' (2016) |
| 412 | |
| 413 | [[AC:19 years:]] |
| 414 | * ''Film/DeepBlueSea'' (1999) and its DirectToVideo sequel ''Film/DeepBlueSea2'' (2018) |
| 415 | |
| 416 | [[AC:20 years:]] |
| 417 | * ''Film/DumbAndDumber'' (1994) and ''Film/DumbAndDumberTo'' (2014). [[CanonDiscontinuity not counting]] the prequel which would count as well being released in 2003, 9 years after the first and 11 years before the sequel. |
| 418 | * ''Film/IndependenceDay'' (1996) and ''Film/IndependenceDayResurgence'' (2016) |
| 419 | * ''Film/TheLittleRascals'' (1994) and ''The Little Rascals Save The Day'' (2014) |
| 420 | * ''Mrs. Brown'' (1997) and ''Film/VictoriaAndAbdul'' (2017). A rare biopic example, though ''Victoria and Abdul'' is best described as an unofficial sequel, as the only thing tying the two films together is Creator/JudiDench playing Queen Victoria. |
| 421 | |
| 422 | [[AC:21 years:]] |
| 423 | * ''Film/TheLostBoys'' (1987) and ''The Lost Boys: The Tribe'' (2008) |
| 424 | * ''Film/ThePassionOfTheChrist'' (2004) and ''The Passion of the Christ: Resurrection - Chapter I'' (2025). |
| 425 | * ''Literature/{{Trainspotting}}'' (1996) and ''Film/T2Trainspotting'' (2017) |
| 426 | |
| 427 | [[AC:22 years:]] |
| 428 | * ''Film/{{Jumanji}}'' (1995) and ''Film/JumanjiWelcomeToTheJungle'' (2017) |
| 429 | * Creator/HaroldLloyd's ''The Sin of Harold Diddlebock'' (1947) was a sequel to his hit film ''Film/{{The Freshman|1925}}'' (1925) |
| 430 | |
| 431 | [[AC:23 years:]] |
| 432 | * ''Film/{{Carrie|1976}}'' (1976) and its sequel ''Film/TheRageCarrie2'' (1999) |
| 433 | * ''Film/HardTarget'' (1993) and ''Hard Target 2'' (2016) |
| 434 | * ''Film/{{Psycho}}'' (1960) and ''Film/PsychoII'' (1983) |
| 435 | * ''Film/WallStreet'' (1987) and ''Film/WallStreetMoneyNeverSleeps'' (2010) |
| 436 | |
| 437 | [[AC:24 years:]] |
| 438 | * ''Film/TheCraft'' (1996) and ''Film/TheCraftLegacy'' (2020) |
| 439 | * ''Film/{{Gladiator}}'' (2000) and ''Gladiator 2'' (2024) |
| 440 | |
| 441 | [[AC:25 years:]] |
| 442 | * ''[[Film/FatherOfTheBride1991 Father of the Bride Part II]]'' (1995) has a a mini-sequel ''Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish)'' (2020) |
| 443 | * ''Film/{{The Hustler|1961}}'' (1961) and ''Film/TheColorOfMoney'' (1986) |
| 444 | * ''Film/SpaceJam'' (1996) and ''Film/SpaceJamANewLegacy'' (2021). As far as ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' films in general go, ''Film/LooneyTunesBackInAction'' (2003) came out in the interim, which still applies as it came out 7 years after ''Space Jam'' and 18 years before ''A New Legacy''. |
| 445 | * ''Film/WarGames'' (1983) and ''[=WarGames=] The Dead Code'' (2008) |
| 446 | |
| 447 | [[AC:26 years:]] |
| 448 | * ''Film/DeadlyPrey'', a DTV B-movie, received a sequel, ''The Deadliest Prey'', in 2013, and basically rehashed the plot from the first film. |
| 449 | * ''Film/GoodBurger'' (1997) and ''Good Burger 2'' (2023 Creator/ParamountPlus original) |
| 450 | |
| 451 | [[AC:27 years:]] |
| 452 | * ''Film/{{Critters}}'': The fifth film ''Critters Attack!'' was released in 2019, 27 years after the previous film, ''Critters 4''. |
| 453 | * ''Film/FrenchFriedVacation'': ''French Fried Vacation 2'' came out in 1979, and ''French Fried Vacation 3'' came out in 2006. |
| 454 | * ''Film/Inferno1980'' (1980) and ''Film/MotherOfTears'' (2007) |
| 455 | |
| 456 | [[AC:28 years:]] |
| 457 | * ''Film/{{Tron}}'' (1982) and ''Film/TronLegacy'' (2010) -- 28 years. |
| 458 | |
| 459 | [[AC:29 years:]] |
| 460 | * ''Film/BillAndTedsBogusJourney'' (1991) and ''Film/BillAndTedFaceTheMusic'' (2020) |
| 461 | * ''Film/HocusPocus'' (1993) and ''Film/HocusPocus2'' (2022) |
| 462 | * A {{Prequel}} Gap case is ''Film/TheThing2011'' and ''Film/TheThing1982''. Additionally there was the video game sequel, ''VideoGame/TheThing2002'', which came out 20 years after the original and nine years before the prequel. |
| 463 | |
| 464 | [[AC:30+ years:]] |
| 465 | * ''Film/{{The Odd Couple|1968}}'' (1968) and its sequel ''Film/TheOddCoupleII'' (1998) - |
| 466 | * The classic Soviet film ''Film/TheIronyOfFate'' came out in 1976 and is typically shown every New Years Eve. Sequel ''Film/TheIronyOfFate2'' came out in 2007, and brought back some of the original characters, although the main focus is on their children. -- 31 years. |
| 467 | * ''Film/ComingToAmerica'' (1988) and ''Film/Coming2America'' (2021) -- 33 years. |
| 468 | * ''Film/TheNakedCivilServant'' (1975) and ''Film/AnEnglishmanInNewYork'' (2009) -- 34 years. |
| 469 | * ''Film/BladeRunner'' (1982) and ''Film/BladeRunner2049'' (2017) -- 35 years. |
| 470 | * ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}'' (1988) and ''Film/BeetlejuiceBeetlejuice'' (2024) -- 36 years. |
| 471 | * ''Film/TopGun'' (1986) and ''Film/TopGunMaverick'' (2022) -- 36 years (reflected in-universe as well). |
| 472 | * Obscure film noir movie ''Film/StrangeBargain'' (1949) was given a sequel 38 years later in 1987 -- in an episode of ''Series/MurderSheWrote'', where Jessica Fletcher investigated the original crime. |
| 473 | * ''Film/AChristmasStory'' (1983) was followed by ''Film/AChristmasStoryChristmas'' (2022), 39 years later. While there were other films in the Parker Family series released in the interim, including ''A Christmas Story 2'' in 2012, this was the first film to have Creator/PeterBillingsley reprise his role as Ralphie Parker. |
| 474 | * ''Film/TheShining'' (1980) was followed by ''Film/DoctorSleep'' (2019) 39 years later. This is longer than the 36-year gap between the [[Literature/TheShining original novel]] and its [[Literature/DoctorSleep literary sequel]], as it took longer for an adaptation of ''Doctor Sleep'' to get off the ground than it did for ''The Shining''. |
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| 476 | [[AC:40+ years:]] |
| 477 | * ''Coffin Joe'': Brazilian filmmaker José Mojica Marins made a trilogy about his AuthorAvatar character Coffin Joe. The movies are ''Film/AtMidnightIllTakeYourSoul'' (1963), ''Film/ThisNightIllPossessYourCorpse'' (1967), and finally ''Embodiment of Evil'' (2008), only ''41 years'' after the second one. Of course, that doesn't mean he did nothing at all this years, even using Coffin Joe in minor roles in his other projects. |
| 478 | * The 1967 {{Kaiju}} movie ''The X from Outer Space'' got a sequel in 2008 called ''Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit'' in which Guilala, the titular "X" battles a warrior god named Take-Majin and North Korea [[NotUsingTheZWord (sorry, the "North Country")]] tries to nuke the Kaiju. 41 years! Would have been shorter if Shochiku (Guilala's creators) had succeeded in a deal with Nikkatsu to pit their own Kaiju against each other in ''Guilala vs. Gappa'' back in the 70s. |
| 479 | |
| 480 | [[AC:50+ years:]] |
| 481 | * ''Film/ManosTheHandsOfFate'' (1966) and ''Manos Returns'' (2018) -- 51 years, one of the longest gaps ever for a live-action film with returning cast members. |
| 482 | * ''Film/TheRailwayChildren'' (1970) and ''Film/TheRailwayChildrenReturn'' (2022) with ''Creator/JennyAgutter'' returning -- 52 years. |
| 483 | * ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'' (1971) received an OriginsEpisode 52 years later with ''Film/{{Wonka}}'' (2023) though it's said to also be a kind-of prequel to Creator/RoaldDahl's [[Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory original novel]] as well, a 59 year gap. Additionally, in terms of production, ''Wonka'' comes 18 years after Creator/TimBurton's [[Film/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory 2005 adaptation]] which itself came 34 years after the 1971 film. |
| 484 | * ''Film/TheKillerShrews'' (1959) got a sequel in 2012, still starring James Best -- 53 years. |
| 485 | * ''Film/MaryPoppins'' (1964) and ''Film/MaryPoppinsReturns'' (2018) -- 54 years [[note]]where the TimeSkip in the movie itself is a mere ''25'' years, less than half the ''actual'' amount of time that passed between the installments[[/note]]. |
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